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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1920
Page
5
Daily trips between Jasper and Carthage from Brown's Cafe and Ladies' Restroom locations with departures at 8:00 10:30 and 1:00 a m. from Jasper and 9:15 am 4:00 pm from Carthage plus Sunday night trips including 6:50 am from Jasper and 11:00 pm from Carthage. Livery service available day or night. B H Kirby Jasper Mo.
Money to loan on farms at Fiest National Bank. For top market prices on poultry and eggs call No 9. Sell poultry and eggs to Hammond at the east end house for best prices. Cream tests and best price at Wheat. Old newspapers 5 cents a bundle at The News Office. Pay 1919 accounts now. J D Harbur urges payment. Oale Lumber for Sale. Leave bills early. D D es 18-tt.
A dense string of short items reports visits by J F Fries to West Virginia, Dr Moody and Ed Cordy visiting L A Corda, and various local residents traveling to Kansas City, Columbus and Carthage. It notes sales of property, a new deal by D W Teeter, a sick child, and classified ads for a Reed baby buggy and a 1920 Chevrolet priced at $800.
Mrs. Walter Weimer advertises three Bourbon Red turkeys for sale a door west of Jasper Schoolhouse. The notice lists two hens and one tom available from a private seller.
Good pasture available for cattle, location described as one half mile east and one mile south of Kenoma, Missouri. Write Box 34, Kenoma, Mo for details.
Sheridan, the principal shareholder, was in the Drury Lane theater during a 1800 fire. A soldier ordered spectators to stand back as a crowd surged. The wit of the dramatist shone when he quipped that a man can warm himself by his own fire, deflecting the moment.
An Aran coast people hold a superstition that a mother who sews the first garments for her child will ensure safety. The garments are made from rough, distant scraps, with the oldest rags believed to best prevent any kind of misfortune.
A brief notice lists Jersey calves under 10 days old and a contact phone, mentioning Mrs. Alta Cline and Ernest Bullington with a garbled address or trade note. The fragment suggests a local notice or sale inquiry without clear details or complete names.
Wanted hides and furs. Highest market paid. Sell to Joy J. Kerney in Jasper. Write or inquire with details for prompt cash.
A Filipino Hawaiian paper recounts the removal of a famed "father" tree on Fort Street, once central to Catholic and local heritage, noting differing misinterpretations by Pacific Commercial Advertiser and other outlets while calling the act a turning point for the islands.
A Houston Prince note recounts a comic marriage proposal mixup. Thomas corrects Miss Brown that the message begins with the wrong name George, insisting his own name is Thomas. The humorous slip suggests mistaken identity in a social note from a newspaper column.
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